Articles tagged “cuba”

If you want to experience Cuba the way it's been for the past 50 years, you should think of going there now before Marriott and Starwood get there.

Choice Hotels recognizes that traveler behavior is changing. For the sometime-business and other-times-leisure traveler, Choice Privileges members can earn points whether staying in a hotel or in a vacation rental. And because "millennials want instant gratification," according to CEO Stephen Joyce, Choice is giving it to them in the form of perks at check-in.

While the U.S. waits for full access to the island, tourists who have been there for decades are already seeing big changes.

Getting to Cuba still presents challenges and traveling around Cuba remains difficult without a tour guide. Although these problems will take many years to resolve, 2016 promises more advancements and it's still an excellent time to visit the island.

25 Moments that Mattered in 2015: To make our selection of 25 moments, we thought back to the stories that drove reader engagement and sparked discussion among both travel experts and the general public. Some stories were quick blips that represented bigger things while others were narratives that built slowly through out the year. Each one, though, spoke to where we are right now when it comes to the big business of global travel.

We'd like to see things get wrapped up with Cuba before any change in the current U.S. executive administration.

American Baby Boomers like going on tours when vacationing, and they want to visit exotic locations.

"Parts Unknown" remains CNN's highest rated show. Americans and others from around the world will learn what Cuba can offer travelers that may be different from what they've been told in the past. Tourists from outside the U.S., of course, have freely visited Cuba for many years.

Carnival Corporation is eager to start sending ships to Cuba. But it still remains to be seen whether Cuban authorities are keen to welcome thousands of Carnival cruisers each week.

The opening of Cuba to Americans is still a work in progress. But the Obama administration is in good shape to ease travel restrictions despite the resistance from House Republicans.